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VOL 36 NO. 46 Wednesday, December 6, 1989 35c PER COPY
Guiding Light Olympia Masonic Foundation
Honors Hank Bialick As Their 1989 "Man Of The Year
The Guilding Light Olm-pia
Masonic Foundation at
the 24th Annual Dinner
Dance Saluted Brother
Hank Bialick as their 1989
"Man of The Year" at a
Black Tie Affair held Sat-urday,
December 2nd, 1989
at Komberts Catering, Tem-ple
Avodah in Oceanside.
Prior to the Dinner,
Representatives from Pre-siding
Supervisor Joe Mon-dello
and the Hempstead
Town Board presented
Hank with a Town of Hemp-stead
Citation, the Honor
performed by Sanitation
Commissioner Fred Morse.
Deputy County Clerk Mai
McGarry, acting on behalf
of Nassau County Executive
Tom Gulotta recognized
Hank with a Nassau County
Citation. Rick Lawrence
,; representing Senator Nor-man
Levy and Fred Morse
! - representing Senator Dean
Skelos who was present
earlier gave Hank Citations
from the New York State
Senate. John Hambel , a
Councel for Congressman
Norman Lent and the East
R o c k a w a y - L y n b r o o k
Observer Editor read a Cit-ation
on a beautiful plaque
which was read into the
United States Congressional
Record last week. Mai
McGarry read a letter to
Hank from Presiding Super-visor
Joe Mondello, and
President Dick Beck pres-ented
a Congressional Cit-ation
from Congressman
Ray McGrath. A message
was also read from Ocean-side's
Republican Leader
Mike Scarlata.
After a truly delicious
dinner served by the gra-cious
staff of Irwin Kom-bert.
Director of Kombert
Catering, the President of
the foundation Dick Beck,
asked Florence and Hank's
children and their spouses to
come up td'the Podium, and
relayed their own personal
messages to their Father and
read a telegram from his
daughter, son-in-law, and
grandaughter Stacy who live
in Michigan. Members of
Florence and Hanks family
attending were Amy, Lester,
and Stefanie Friedlander,
Mary, Robert, Erica, and
Rebecca Bialick. Lester's
Dad, Irving Friedlander and
Bea's Trager also were in
attendance.
Joining us for the evening
besides the many brothers
and their wives were the
Members of the 1982-83
Metropolitan District Dep-uties
Association, and Pres-ident
of the Oceanside Of
Trade Dr. Jeffrey and Candy
Stark. Attending from
Hanks Company were Mr.
& Mrs. Dom Santello, Mr.
& Mrs. Charles Schalk, and
former staffer Maria Heller.
President Beck presented
Hank with the 1989 Man of
the Year plaque and Hank
made short remarks, thank-ing
the Committee, his wife
Florence, his family, and his
brothers of the Lodge and
their guests. Music and
dancing followed. The offi-cial
photograper for the
Affair is Pete O'Neil.
EAST ROCKAWAY-LYNBROOK Editor John Hambel
presents the message. Congressman Norman Lent had read
into the Congressional Record in honor of Hank chosen
"Man of The Year" 1989 by Guiding Light Olympia Foun-dation
Saturday evening December 2nd, 1989 at Komberts
Catering in Oceanside, N.Y. L to R. John Hambel and
Honoree Hank Bialick.
AT THE GUIDING LIGHT - Olympia Foundation 1989
"Man of the Year" formal Black tie dinner honoring Hank
Bialick, Dec. 2nd, 1989 L to R. Senator Dean Skelos, Dr.
Jeffrey Stark, honoree Hank Bialick, and East Rockaway-
Lynbrook Editor John Hambel.
(Continued on Page 12)
LI.R.R. Stalled on
Thanksgiving Day
Lynbrook Board Meeting
Mildred Roemer
Last week, the weather-men
on TV exclaimed as
how there had not been snow
on Thanksgiving Day in
over fifty years! According
to the late Pine Pearsall, this
)hoto (owned by the
Museum) was taken near
Rockaway on Thanksgiving
Day in the early nineteen
hundreds. Our recent
"flurry" might have seemed
like nothing to the spectator
in the picture standing hip-deep
in the snow.
Ye historian remembers,
not so much the snow, but
the "Grand Canal" in Bay
Park freezing over. Ice
skates were brought out and
parents became **slightly"
concerned due to the fact
that the ice was never too
solid at the ed^es near the
pilings. Daredevils also used
to form a long line across
the canal and race down
together towards the old
bndge (now gone). The ice
would roll in a wave in front
of them due to their weight.
Fun, eh?
Annette Ling
The last Lynbrook Board
of Trustee Meeting held at
Village Hall on Monday,
November was briefer then
usual and adjourned at an
early hour.
Mayor Bill Geier admin-istered
the oath of office to
Frank Zafonte a former
LILCO supervisor and
licensed plumber to the
Plumbing Board of Examin-ers
replacing retired Abra-ham
Alexander who now
lives in Florida.
The Board approved
funds for repair of a rear
portion of the Village Hall
which is in danger of col-lapse
due to water seepage
as explained by the Village Engi-neer.
It is a matter of "bear-ings
and membranes"
which could cause a cave-in
and damage the Police Tel-ecommunication
facilities
which are directly below the
spot. Mayor Geier stated
that the anticipated cost
would be $15,000 to $20,000.
Next on the agenda was
a transfer of funds needed by
Carol Hansen, Village
Treasurer with (a) a transfer
of funds for the Payroll
Attendance of $730 and (b)
$38^672 from the Contin-gency
Fund for the Police
Retirement Account.
The Bid date for Street
Lighting Maintenance set
for November 30th was
changed to December 4th,
the next Board Meeting.
TheD.P.W. wiU not make
bulk pick-ups during
Thanksgiving Week.
Trustee Mary Colway
praised the D.P.W. for their
record number of 300 pick-ups
so far this month.
The first Board Meeting
of 1990 was set for January
8th, 1990.
The Board cancelled the
December 18, 1989 Board
Meeting.
A resident was heard on
Good and Welfare about the
possibility of repairing a
fence on property adjacent
to Shipherd Avenue. Deputy
Police Chief, Michael Chi-armonte
advised all resi-dents
to avoid parking over
piled up leaves at street
curbs, as several cars have
caught fire and been des-troyed
when they turned on
their motors, mostly the 4
cyclinder compact cars.
The Mayor and Trustees
were reminded to come out
to greet Santa Claus on
Saturday morning,
November 25, 1989 at the
Earle Avenue lot by the
Executive Secretary of the
Lynbrook Chamber of
Commerce.
The next Board Meeting
will be held on December 4,
1989.
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